1Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Electricity Act, 2003.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
(3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint:
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
Download our fully-offline, High speed android app.- Click here
1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).
2. 10th June, 2003 (Ss. 1 to 120 and ss. 122 to 185), vide notification No. S.O. 669(E), dated 10th June, 2003, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).